Every year the NHL draft sees a handful of players rise over the course of the season. This year we’ve seen the likes Jack Quinn, Seth Jarvis and William Wallinder emerge as likely first round picks, but no one has risen faster to the highest ranks of the 2020 draft than Jake Sanderson.
The son of Geoff Sanderson, a former NHL forward of 1000+ games, Jake looks to follow in his father’s footsteps but as a left-shot defenceman. A July birthday, he’s one of the youngest players expected to be taken near the top of the draft.
No prospect is currently more divisive than Sanderson, with public sources ranking him anywhere from 3rd overall to outside the first round.